PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mark Leary, Positive Illusions, Optimism Bias
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The self: an individual consciousness of one"s own identity. Conscious experience of who we are, traits, social identities. Self awareness: awareness of the self as an entity that is distinct from others and the environment. Minimal self: conscious experience of the self as distinct from the environment. Objectified self: cognitive capacity to serve as the object of one"s own (or others attention) Symbolic self: ability to form an abstract mental representation of oneself through language. Inherently social: sense of self come from others, incorporate traits from people around us. Everything you know about yourself, qualities, identities, roles etc. Twenty statements test (tst: personality descriptors, social roles. Independent self-concept: self defined as unique from others: dominant in western cultures. Interdependent self-concept: self defined by relationships with others: dominant in eastern cultures. The concepts/ words in your semantic network that are associated with your sense of self.
